June 2010 posts

June 21, 2010

We had a fun Father's day surprise yesterday. After dinner we were sitting on our front porch and heard this loud sound from above. Low and behold just over our neighbors house rose this huge hot air balloon!

Every summer we see these balloons, but not this close to our house. We watched in amazment as it floated behind and juuust over the houses and nearly got caught up in some trees.

They were landing at the nearby school field but we were certain that it was going to land on our roof instead!

June 18, 2010

There's a big creative storm coming and the center of it is right here in downtown Minneapolis. You can just feel the energy surrounding it with all of us creative souls. Everyone, and I mean everyone involved in the current creative world will be there. Of course there are many, many more creative souls out there who will be added in the years to come.

It's called The Creative Connection, produced by Jo Packham and Nancy Soriano, of "Where Women Create", and "Country Living Magazine" fame, respectively. Mid September is when it's all happening, just in time for "back to school", yearnings.

It's so big that I just cannot do it justice in this post alone, so I will be talking about it as time goes by.

But basically there are creative classes taught by such amazing artists as Wendy Addison, Betz White, Joanna Figueroa, my dear friend Kaari Meng, and our own Jennifer Murphy to name a few.

There will also be panel events where you will get to have conversations with amazing women such as; Heather Bailey, Amy Butler, Marcia Ceppos and our own Christine Plantan (Russell + Hazel), to name just a few.

It's also held at the same time as Junk Bonanza, a huge antiquing event that many of you already know about.

And there will also be a handmade market where lots of great shops and vendors will be selling their wares during the entire 4 days of the event! Speaking of the handmade market - that is where you will find my spin-off Rose Mille booth with all the things you love about the shop, vintage ribbons, flowers trim, glitter etc. As well as our own product lines from Michelle Rose Jorgensen (me) and Jorgensen Works! Woo hoo!

So mark you calendars for September 15 - 18, right after the kids are back in school, and then check it all out at this website: thecreativeconnectionevent.com

June 10, 2010

With great anticipation these millinery flowers arrived in boxes just the way they have been packaged for generations. These vintage flowers were discovered in the basement of a manufacturer who still produces new ones. But it's the vintage ones made in Germany, France and Japan that capture my heart.

All the flowers are ready to go, including these blue Daisy sprays, in the shop. Look for them soon on the web-shop. Better yet call us before they sell out.